03/17/07: Saturday Morning's Absurd News

So I didn't quite make it a Friday Night's Absurd News this week. Sorry about that - between recapping a Ring of Honor DVD (in two installments) and attending a live PWP show that went over three hours there was just no time to squeeze it in. Better late than not at all though.

Let's start this one out with some truly absurd behavior on the part of MTV. As if it wasn't bad enough that they tried to cram the majority of WSX episodes into one long marathon show last Tuesday, MTV has removed the WSX finale from the scheduled 10:30 time slot next week meaning IT WON'T AIR AT ALL. It has been replaced by an airing of the Real World - and if I didn't like that fucking fake reality bullshit crap before now I REALLY want some muh'fuckers to die - can we please start with The Miz? MTV sources claimed that the episode was never officially set to air in the first place (fuck you MTV) but up until yesterday the TV Guide and the MTV website schedule had the show on their scedule (fuck you very much MTV). The finale was to have an Electrified Exploding Steel Cage Match and Good Ol' Fashioned Piranha Death Match. Who's ass at MTV do we have to have kicked to get this back on the air, seriously, because if I don't get to see matches this AngryMark will feel a whole new level of rage. (PWI)

For the performers on Wrestling Society X, this news makes a bad situation even worse. WSX wrestler contracts are worded so that they expire "90 days" after the initial airing of the Season One series finale. Now how's THAT for a fishtank full of piranhas. If the season finale never airs, does that mean their contracts never expire? That's going to be one hell of a legal mess. One has to wonder if they could even legally sign elsewhere should they get offers from TNA or WWE, as Teddy Hart among others are rumored to already have offers on the table, and most were veterans of the indie wrestling circuit even before the show's debut, not to mention ROH regulars like Colt Cabana (Matt Classic), Jimmy Jacobs and Matt Sydal. I hope for MTV's sake they get their heads out of their collective asses, because none of these men and women are going to sit around and twiddle their thumbs while the prime years of their careers go to waste. (PWI)

Bill Goldberg can't seem to leave well enough alone. Although he should be happy Spike TV gave him a show of his own called "Bullrun" he's still got to run his mouth about professional wrestling. Here's what he told Alex Marvez: "If (TNA) were smart, they would give me what I wanted to put them on the map. It would take the right price, the right schedule and mainly the right working environment. Obviously they're not (offering that), so good riddance." You know what, Bill? The feeling is mutual, good riddance to you too. You were overrated in WCW, overhyped when you came to WWE, and when it came time to shine at WrestleMania you were completely fucking useless against Brock Lesnar. STAY THE FUCK OUT OF WRESTLING. If you want to read the rest of the interview (Cthulhu help you) click here.

Last but not least despite all of Mick Foley's bragging about being a "New York Times #1 bestseller" he's not quite there yet with his new novel "The Hardcore Diaries." It did have a fairly strong debut for a wrestling book though: #12 on the non-fiction side of the Wall Street Journal's Best Seller List, and #46 on the USA Today's Best Seller List (which includes all books). Overall it debuted at #10 on the non-fiction side of Publisher Weekly's Best Sellers. Maybe in the end he'll get that NUMBA ONE SPOT like Ludacris, but for the love of all holy stop plugging the book during ECW on Sci-Fi, nobody cares. (PWI) That's it for this week's installment of the Absurd News!